A flindrikin : driffling flaggies as it sneesls, leaving a scowthering on puddles among the grass. (Scots) A light snow shower: flurrying big flakes as it begins, leaving a sprinkling of snow on puddles among the grass. (English) Snowdrops nod, hang their heads above the snow in Bedford park. As if they agreed that things were tough and they could offer only grace and prayer. With so many and so much lost, and life changed out of all recognition, it is some comfort in the bitter weather to see these early signs of spring. Ultramarine and cadmium yellow (with a scowthering of alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, ochre, Payne's grey). |